“You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.”

We may go to the moon, but that’ s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?

At the root of our civilization, there is the freedom of each person of thought, of belief, of opinion, of work, of leisure.

Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.

Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.

All my life I have had a certain idea of France.

You’ll live. Only the best get killed.

Don’t think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

Don’t get older; get better: Live realistically. Give generously. Adapt willingly. Trust fearlessly. Rejoice daily.

You could have left me in the jungle. I would have survived and mastered bird language. Adaptability is my secret weapon.

Sunflowers adapt to let the light reach them and I’m learning to do the same.

Learning and adapting things again isn’t that easy for ones who loved someone unconditionally.

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It’s scary.

I adapt and I adjust to whatever environment I’m in.

The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage.

You must always be evolving and able to adapt and overcome any and all obstacles!